Known in Vienna as the Spanische Hofreitschule, The Spanish Riding School is the only place in the world where you will find the famed Lipizzaner stallions. But it’s beyond just being a fancy stable, as it showcases some of the finest exhibitions of classical horse riding anywhere. The setting is equally arresting. Equestrian exhibitions take [...]

The Hapsburgs of Vienna were among old European royals that had the passion and means to build a great art collection. And you can get up close to these treasures of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the Kunsthistorisches.
Translated in English, Kunsthistorisches is “history of craft”, but perhaps it should really mean history of fine art. Inside [...]

Remember the film about Mozart and the famous line “It’s nice to be King”? The line rings especially true if you say it overlooking the Burggarten in Vienna. The huge expanse of manicured greens and flora was once the private garden of Franz Josef I. The Austrian monarch was a passionate green thumb, and was [...]